If you have ever picked up a book or read about a process or theory and said “Why didn’t I think of that?” then get ready for it to happen with Science Notebooks: Writing About Inquiry by Lori Fulton and Brian Campbell. This book follows a no nonsense approach to approaches that work to improve science learning and understanding for elementary students.
For a short book, only 128 pages including the bibliography, it provides a wealth of material for both beginning as well as experienced teachers. This is one of those books that should be required reading and study for all pre–service teachers as well as for any professional development aimed at elementary teachers who are teaching science. This is a book that hopefully will get used so much that it is water–spotted, dog–eared, and filled with marginal notes and sticky notes similar to what student notebooks should look like after use. Few books on the market today are as valuable for improving science education at the elementary level as this one is. A definite must read for every practicing elementary science teacher and for everyone planning to go into this field.
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